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renitent

[ ri-nahyt-nt, ren-i-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. resisting pressure; resistant.
  2. persistently opposing; recalcitrant.


renitent

/ ˈrɛnɪtənt; rɪˈnaɪtənt /

adjective

  1. reluctant; recalcitrant
  2. not flexible
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԾٱԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Ծt· ·ԾtԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of renitent1

1695–1705; < Latin īٱԳ- (stem of īŧԲ ), present participle of īī to resist, equivalent to re- re- + ī ( ī ) to strive, make an effort + -ent- -ent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of renitent1

C18: from Latin īī to strive afresh, from re- + īī to endeavour
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Sister Ailan considered Taisin’s flushed face, her renitent posture.

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Some of them conceive of the breach of law as taking place without the employment of force; these teachings may be characterized as renitent.

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Renitent are the teachings of Tucker and Tolstoi: Tucker conceiving the breach of law chiefly as a refusal to pay taxes and rent and an infringement of the banking monopoly, Tolstoi especially as a refusal to do military, police, or jury service, and also to pay taxes.

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Then the shaver left the nose, for, as a tuft of hair in a hollow spot under the cheek-bone was renitent to the steel blade, he poked his thumb in his customer's mouth, swelled out the sunken spot and cleaned it beautifully.

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Adj. elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable, extendable.

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